Mamponteng (Ash), April 5, GNA - The Kwabre District Assembly in the Ashanti Region has launched a programme to fight poverty and improve education especially in its rural communities.

To enable it implement the programme, the district had acquired land ban= ks for distribution to unemployed youth who are eager to go into agriculture= .. Mr Adams Iddisah, District Chief Executive, told an ordinary meeting of the assembly at Mamponteng on Monday that already 100 young people had been selected from some deprived communities to work on a 100 acre land. Brilliant, but needy pupils and students, he said, would also be supported with scholarships to further their education.

Mr Addisah said the Assembly was converting an existing structure i= nto a seven unit two-bedroom residential accommodation for teachers at the Kr= obo D/A primary school. He also spoke of the Assembly's assistance to the physically challenged and said last year, it gave GH¢1,500 to some of them in tert= iary institutions. Mr Iddisah appealed to the people to contribute their quotas toward= s the progress and development of the district. Mr Baffour Asumin Gyekye, the Presiding Member of the Assembly, urg= ed members to always ensure that deliberations at meetings were devoid of partisan politics.

He said they should work with unity of purpose to address the socio-economic challenges facing their communities.